In this study, we explored the potential of two forms of discussion (disciplinary vs. traditional) for 39 sixth- and seventh-grade students with or at risk for learning disabilities (LD), before writing historical arguments. Nine teachers who led small group discussions in six heterogeneous social studies classrooms implemented the intervention. Students who were involved in disciplinary discus...

Copyright is held by the author/owner(s). CSCW’12, February 11–15, 2012, Seattle, Washington, USA. ACM 978-1-4503-0556-3/12/02. Abstract The analysis of large data sets is increasingly collaborative, multidisciplinary and even distributed. There are many advantages including numerous checks and balances on the results. But, even in highly distributed analytic tasks, it would be useful to concur...

This paper assesses the evidence for racial differences in the accumulation of disciplinary sanctions in professional football using data drawn from five recent seasons of the English Premiership. A relatively rich data source was used to construct a unique dataset for this study. The data have the significant advantage of being able to identify, inter alia, the player’s age, club, field positi...

The acceptability of nanomedical applications, which have the potential to generate ethical and societal impacts, is a significant factor in the deployment of nanomedicine. A lack of fit between nanomedical applications and society's values may result from a partial consideration of such impacts. New approaches for technological evaluation focused on impact perception, acceptance, and acceptabi...

humanities is the oldest area of study that revolves around the study of human beings, what makes us human and our historical development, and what we are expected to do. this discipline deals with human behavior, human nature, social and political values. humanities comprise of various disciplines that include art, history, law, linguistics, philosophy, religious and ethics among others. all t...

the international journal of health policy and management (ijhpm) is a new journal that aims to stimulate not only inter-disciplinary research relating to health, but even an entire new generation of such journals. the challenges of improving human health worldwide clearly suggest ‘why’ such a journal is needed, but ‘how’ bridges and junctions across fields of study towards this end might be fo...

Reduction of ineffective parenting is promoted in parent training components of mental health treatment for children with externalizing behavior disorders, but minimal research has considered whether disciplinary style and lower abuse risk could also be associated with positive functioning in such children. The present study examined whether lower dysfunctional disciplinary style and child abus...

Building information modeling (BIM) tools are increasingly present in the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) industry. This software tool chain not only requires new knowledge on the level of technology, but moreover, a new knowledge of people related skills and re-configuration of the process. There is hope that BIM tools will increase the degree of process integration and suppor...